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05/12/2008
HSE underlines the 'legal requirement' of manual lifting training |
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A spokesperson for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reiterated to organisations that they are legally bound to provide training when it comes to manual handling.
According to the HSE, the provision of such training was included in the Health and Safety at Work Regulations and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
However, it was claimed that regulations are not precise about the sort of training that should be provided.
The representative said that workers should be trained on how to use any lifting equipment provided and in doing any manual handling task that "a risk assessment indicated carried with it a risk of injury".
HSE said it would take "enforcement action" if it was found that employers were not providing such training.
Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) are the most significant cause of work-related ill health in the UK and statistics show that 530,000 people who worked in the last year reported an MSD caused or exacerbated by work, according to the Labour Force Survey 2007-08.
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